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Does a crosswind increase drag on forward motion?

Asked by thorninmud (20495points) February 11th, 2016

If a body, say a car, were traveling through air and there was a stiff wind blowing directly perpendicular to its line of travel, would that crosswind increase the resistance to the forward motion of the car?

Just curious.

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